I think I loved you

In my way

I shuddered at your beauty

When you bared your soul

Drunk

       Happy

                    Sad

                             Lovely

I did not flinch

But clamored to you

Your company as sweet

As the cigar smoke on our tongues

Strange that even if I could

Even as I know how we would fit

I would never kiss you

My home and heart is full

But the love isn’t fleeting

It will remain

Repurposed

But whole